With 30 million unique visitors and close to 2 billion page views a month, it’s safe to say a lot happens on the link-sharing and discussion site Reddit every day. There are more than 90,000 sections on the site; a single discussion alone can sometimes attract more than 10,000 comments.
How can anyone keep track of it all? Our daily Reddit Digest highlights the most interesting or important discussions from around the site—every morning.
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Another congressional hopeful is doing an AMA. Beware Reddit: This is just the beginning of political self-promotion on the site. (/r/IAmA)
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At r/science, redditors discuss Cahokia, a “sprawling,” pre-Colombian city that existed near modern-day St. Louis. Turns out one of the archaeologists working at Cahokia is an /r/science reader. He launched an impromptu AMA. (/r/science)
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The “Best Of Reddit 2011” nominations have begun. Surprisingly, a long-lost /r/AskReddit commenter,RobotRollCall, is leading the nominations for best commenter, and the /r/askscience team is leading for best moderator(s). That’s some pretty nice recognition for the hard-working people who run what is easily one of the best sections on Reddit. (Fittingly, r/ShittyAskScience, the hilarious satirical version of /r/askscience, is leading for “Best Little Community.”) (r/bestof2011).
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Speaking of /r/askscience: “Is it possible to make a condom that changes color when it encounters a pathogen using immunofluorescence?” Good question, iamthedragon! Reddit’s scientists dive into the possibilities. (/r/askscience)
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Want to learn photography? It turns out there’s a subreddit and Flickr group for that. This isn’t just a series of how-to tutorials; the moderator is actually organizing classes. (r/photoclass2012a)
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Here’s everything you ever wanted to learn about the Aryan Nations, in the form of an (unverified) AMA. (/r/IAmA)